you're still overestimating how much you know about the world, by a lot. in the spanish-speaking world, for example, anarcho-syndicalism is much better known than monty python (though, not among programmers, because they speak english and write python). and i'm guessing that monty python isn't that widely known among arabic speakers, russian speakers, and chinese speakers, while anarcho-syndicalism is a significant historical strain of socialism a significant number of them are acquainted with

making any statement about 99% of the people who have heard of anarcho-syndicalism represents a staggering degree of unconcern for veracity, given how hard it is to get a handle on that group

Monty Python is well known in Eastern Europe, much more than anarcho syndicalism.

i appreciate the additional information! are they funny in romanian?

I'd imagine the Silly Walks sketch transcends language boundaries.

I would venture to guess that absurdity is the easiest form of humor to translate by far. I can imagine the parrot sketch, the Hungarian phrasebook, how not to be seen, and most of the bits in "And Now for Something Completely Different" working pretty well with minimal English language comprehension.

You must be fun at parties.